Gatorade Queensland Tri Series: Raby Bay Race 6 - TriathlonSprint

I was so pissed off after the swim. Before the first buoy I got PUSHED and held under by my head and elbowed in the back in the SAME movement. The water in the mouth wasn't the problem - it was the cow swimming on top of me. I slowed for a bit to get OUT FROM UNDER this woman... but it ended up costing me. I SPRINTED the next 300m. Not happy with the time but happy with the swim itself. technique was great.

punch that other woman in the gut! That was was NOT COOL! Kicking the head is an accident. GRABBING another woman by the back of her head and pushing down on it is MALICIOUS!!!

Due to the sprint to make up for being held under I was hurting bad and coughing up all manner of sea water on my way into transition. I DID however have a flying transition and a super great mount... only problem was I ran out on the WRONG side of my bike. I grabbed my seat, ran round the back of it and lifted off onto the right side and MOUNT! WOO!

make sure bike is being held the right way

Mechanical problems as soon as I was in my shoes... "Ka-LUNK, Ka-LUNK, ka-LUNK" on each down stroke on my right side. CRAP...

Option 1 - gear change up and down to try and rectify situation... Check - no difference.
Option 2 - Pull over and "diagnose" problem - in a 15km race it wasn't really an option...
Option 3 - Keep racing at this slower pace and wonder what damage I'm doing...
Option 4 pull out...

Option one and 3 were the best at the time. so I kept riding. i wasn't fast but at least I could still overtake. We were still on the course the same time as the "opens" so it was important to stay out of their way... JEEZ...

- FULL SERVICE before each race... ugh... Wish I had've at least done a basic rechain lube and checked the pedals and cranks...

FANTASTIC dismount!!! I had the whole Vision crew cheering me on there and yelling as I came in... Got into transition and there were Bikes everywhere! IN MY SPOT - ARGH!!!! today wasn't my day!

I racked by shoving them over unnesscessarily harsh (I was pretty angry by this stage) shoes on quick and I took off.

I dunno what I can do to minimise this. USM haven't had enough female racks space at the last two races we've been in. There's STACKS of room in the enticer racks for women then there is in the full race. It was absolutley CHOCKERS...

I was WAY undertrained and burning with RAGE at the fact I was "held up" in transition... ARGH!!!! So I took to the first lap WAY too hard! I was just aggressive!

I did however yell encouragement to my clubmates along the way when I saw them! That picked me up a bit. Cheering others on was always better than grumbling to myself.

My coach caught me on the second lap... Ha ha ha. By this time I wasn't annoyed anymore and tried to keep up with her for the fun of it... I died about 200m later... REALLY tough second lap.
I felt so much slower on the second lap than the first because I was wasted. :) Time is a suprise though! Thought I was slower than this.


RUN AT MY OWN PACE! ha ha ha.

stretching. Chatting, BBQ, Cheering


Undertrained, undermaintained, overzealous... Seriously today could have been a "HOW NOT TO RACE" example to all involved...


Having the post race celebrations at the sands disn't encourage me to hang around. No offense but at cleveland you can't exactly go somewhere to get changed before going into the pub... Race was great but there might be too many people for the race now. Transition was a NIGHTMARE for bike racking in the womens sections.

It's still my favourite race. Great location, my old home town and the redlands shire council public loos at the library are always a welcome relief compared to the porta loos... :)